Automatic locator recorder



`Iuly 4, 1933. E. LOGAN AUTOMATIC LOCATOR RECORDER Filed Feb. 2, 1952 torneg Snventor Eve/eff aya/7 Mw? l 3V/@MM 1 v H Patented July 4, 1933 UNITED .STATES EVEBETT LOGAN, 4 OF PORTLAND,` OREGON, AssIGNoR OF ONE-HALF 'ro AvANy i3. y

COMMONS, OF PORTLAND, OREGON AUTOMATIC LOCATOR RECORDER Application filed February 2, 1932. Serial No. 590,364.

My invention relates to automatic indicating'devices and isprimarily adapted for use upon vehicles, such as automobiles, motor busses andtrucks, motor boats, street cars andrailwayequipment. p

,y The device has for `its primary purpose and object the indicating of the distance from pointto point along established routes of removed from the case, or housing. Delineations are, made upon thestrips as, cities, towns, service stations and any and all other data that itv may be found desirable to delineate thereupon.

Thev purpose and obj-ect of my invention is to provide in a; condensed unit pertinent data that is desired by travelers, vehicle operators andl others, in order that they may know at a glance the distance in either direction to points of interest, orobjectives to be reached.

vA still furtherobjfect of my inventionconsists in soconstructing my' device that the samemay be utilized with equal facility while driving in either direction along the routes A lstill further object of my invention consistsV iin` so constructing the device that strip o material may be placed therein'that will furnish precise information from point to point alongl the way and? whichstripmay be Aremoved andreplaced at thewil'l of the user ofthe same;

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features. of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are set.' forth in the appendedclaims, and a pre-v '50 .-ferredformof embodiment of whQh. is herelways atv either side of` the panel by having inafter shown with reference to the drawing which accompany and form a part of this specification.

In the-drawing: .n F ig. l is a side view of the assembled device. ,v

Fig 2 is a front view of the assembled device. 'i Fig. 3 is a sectional, side view,aof the mechanism, illustrated vin Fig. l. The same being taken on line 3 3 Of F ig. l, looking in the direction indicated. E l y Fig. l is a sectional, end View, ofgthe'mechanism illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3.. The same being taken on line 4-4 Of Fig. 2, looking .in thedirection indicated. Fig. 5 a fragmentary, sectional, side View, of the assembleddevice.,r Thesame being taken ron line 5.-'5 of Fig. .4, Ylooking in the directionindicated. 1

, Fig. 6 isa fragmentary, front view, of the graduated endless band adapted vfor being power driven and4 illustrating the pointer secured thereto.

Fig. 7 is a perspective, end view, ofone of,Y the graduated stripsshown removed from the assembled device.

Like reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views. V

'Y I preferably form my device of a easel. I comprisethe case, having side, endand rear.' walls, to leave the same open faced, as illustrated in Fig. 2. I form a panelin the front face of the ,case and provide channel ledges 2 and B disposed longitudinally of the case, into which delineated strips 4 are placed. Distance graduations, as miles 5., are disposed along one edge of the graduated strip, and in the logging of the artery of travel, important places, as .towns 6 and rivers 7 and other pertinentdata are delineated thereupon and in their proper position and location, relative to the artery of travel. These strips have av tab, or ear -8 disposed at one",5 end to .facilitate rits placement within vthe panel and its removal therefrom. yThe graduations'disposed,adjacent the edge of the strip, may be .graduated into miles, orother degrees of-measurement. An endless band i 9 is also disposed within the case, the same being trained about suitable supporting spools, or drums 10 and 11. The graduated endless band being preferably made of flexible material to facilitate its remaining in a taut condition about the respective spools, or drums.

A pointer 12 is carried by the endless strip and the same is placed in registry with the graduations 5 disposed adjacent one end of the panel-8. Graduations 13 being also dis? posed adjacent one edge of the graduated endless band, so that therdistance from the pointer, or indicator 12, "in either direction relative to the delineated strip, may be easily determined.

' A screw 14 is disposed longitudinally of the panel and a threaded block 15 is threadably disposed upon the screw 14 and is adapted to move the same as the' screw 14 is rotated. The threaded block 15 carries the pointer'12 and is secured to the endless band 9 inany suitable manner as by being riveted thereto, as'illustrated at 16 in Fig. 4. The screw 14 is mounted withinsuitable bearings 17 and 18 that are disposed within the case, anddriving gears 19 and 20 are secured together and mounted upon the screw 14.

v A slot 21 is disposed within the hub 22 that connects the respective gears 19 and 20. A pin 23 is secured tothe shaft vand is placed in registry with the slot so that, as either Aof the` gears are driven ther threaded screw vwill be driven. The gears 19 and 2O are placed suliiciently apart to permit the device being placed in neutral position if the same is found desirable for any reason.

yA driving pinion 24 is adapted for being placed, in driving registry with either of the l gears 19 and 20, or forbeing placed therebepositioned within the arms 30 and 31 and the shifting of the control rod 27 shifts the gears and the connecting hub along the screw 14.

Lugs 32 and 33 outwardlyextend from one side of the control rod 27. A stop bar 34 rearwardly extends from the thread-ed block 15'and the stop bar 34 is in registry alignment with the lugs 32 and 33.

`Referring to Fig. 3, the driving pinion 24 is in position and is coacting with the gear 20 and the threaded block is being threaded along the screw 14 and in the direction of the ylug 33 so that when the stop bar 34 engages the lug 33, the control rod will be shifted longitudinally and the driving pinion 24 will be automatically disengaged from the driven gear 20.

A barrel 35 is secured to the case, or jacket and a. locking pin 36 is reciprocably disposed within the barrel. Locking notches 37 are disposed within the control rod and the lockv ing pin 36 is normally maintained in registry with one of the locking notches, through the action of the reacting element as a coil spring 38. The three notches disposed within the control rod cooperating with the locking pin permits the gears 19, or 2O to be held inworking relationship with the pinion 24, or for the saine to be positionedin neutral relative to thel driving pinion 24. 'A'hand engaging graduated endless band, so that the pointer j will register with any point on the delineated strip, the gears are placed in-neutral relative to the driving pinion, at which time the-hand may be made to engage the knob 42, and the pointer 12 may then be placed at starting position relative to the graduated strip 4.

The-block 15 may be disengaged fromthe screw 14 to facilitate the moving of the block and the associated assembly longitudinally of the screw by the pulling of the knob 42 and the compressing of the flat spring 40, to dis- G5 engage the block from the screw. Strips are provided and logged for all primary arteries of traiiic and when the end `of the' str-ipA 'has been reached in any direction'of travel, the saine may then be removed and another strip be placed therein, at which time thedevice .may be set to work.

My device may be used with equal-facility y on street cars, automobiles, moto-r busses, motor trucks, railway trains and upon any and all vehicles where a power drive, or connection may be made.

`While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirably adapted to fulll the objects primarilystated,'it is to be understood that it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form of embodiment herein shown and'described, as it is susceptible of embodiment in various forms, all coming follow. Y j

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1.111 a device of the class described, the combination of a case, a delineated strip removablyisecurable to the case, graduations disposed adjacent one edge of the strip, an

within the scope of the claims which :s

direction of rotation of the screw and the di-k rection of rotation and the direction of movement of the band, and means for automatical- Aly stopping the power rotation of the graduated endless band when a predetermined point is reached in the travel of the pointer carrying block and Jfor placing the drive in a neutral driving position.

2l. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a case, an endless bandV mounted relative to the case and selective means for rotating the endless band in either n direction and for carrying the graduated portion of the band in either direction longitudinally of the front of the case, a strip ren movably mounted parallelly to the face of the endless band, delineations disposed upon the face of the strip vand adapted for indicating thereupon locations relative to arteries of travel, a .pointer carried upon the endless band and the graduations ofthel band starting at zero lat the pointer and uniformly increasing in linear measure, in either direction from the pointer. y f

3. An indicator Jfor travelers consisting of a strip having delineated thereupon locay tions adjacent arterial roadways, an endless band carrying a pointer, units of linear measure graduated upon the endless band and uni formly increasing in units of measure in either direction from the pointer and selective means for moving the endless band and the pointer, in either direction and parallelly to the delineated strip.

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